According to the latest press release from comScore “Visitation to Travel Sites in India Surges 50 Percent in Past Year“,
- Top Travel Brands Witness Double and Triple-Digit Growth as Consumers Take to the Web in Search of Deals
- Traffic to the Travel category grew to more than 14 million visitors in April, an increase of 50 percent from the previous year
- Indians are searching for travel deals and accommodations
- Internet users averaged 38.4 minutes per visitor on Travel sites during April and consumed 58 pages of content while visiting the category an average of 4 times throughout the month.
- India ranked second among all countries, behind only the United Kingdom, in terms of the average time spent per visitor in the category.
- Travel sites now attract more than one-third of India’s total Internet population (so comScore is assuming about 42-45m internet users in India)
- Consumers are taking the time to diligently compare prices prior to completing their transactions
| Most Visited Travel Sites by Unique Visitors April 2010 vs. April 2009 Total India Age 15+ – Home/Work Location* Source: comScore Media Metrix |
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| Total Unique Visitors (000) | |||
| Apr-2009 | Apr-2010 | % Change | |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 33,753 | 38,399 | 14 |
| Travel | 9,398 | 14,062 | 50 |
| Indian Railways | 5,303 | 7,749 | 46 |
| MakeMyTrip | 1,710 | 2,377 | 39 |
| Yatra Online | 1,211 | 1,933 | 60 |
| Expedia Inc | 962 | 1,640 | 70 |
| ClearTrip.com | 689 | 1,194 | 73 |
| TravelAdNetwork | 569 | 872 | 53 |
| Travelocity | 347 | 812 | 134 |
| IndiaRailInfo.com | 147 | 647 | 340 |
| Jet Airways | 468 | 585 | 25 |
| eRail.in | 178 | 464 | 160 |
*Excludes visitation from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
| Engagement at Most Visited Travel Sites by Unique Visitors April 2010 Total India Age 15+ – Home/Work Location* Source: comScore Media Metrix |
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| Average Minutes per Visitor | Average Pages per Visitor | Average Visits per Visitor | |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 736.7 | 1,132 | 29.7 |
| Travel Category | 38.4 | 58 | 4.4 |
| Indian Railways | 33.1 | 50 | 3.8 |
| MakeMyTrip | 13.4 | 20 | 2.1 |
| Yatra Online | 9.3 | 13 | 1.9 |
| Expedia Inc | 4.2 | 7 | 1.6 |
| ClearTrip.com | 10.8 | 17 | 2.0 |
| TravelAdNetwork | 6.5 | 12 | 1.7 |
| Travelocity | 5.0 | 9 | 1.6 |
| IndiaRailInfo.com | 34.2 | 66 | 2.0 |
| Jet Airways | 13.8 | 19 | 2.0 |
| eRail.in | 27.5 | 38 | 3.7 |
